MEMS technology

Mobile Phones: Emerging Tools for Medical Testing: New developments in microfluidics, the manipulation of small volumes of fluid and nanotechnology, have already been tested in Rwanda to help health workers complete an ELISA test instantaneously, rather than sending it to faraway labs for results that ...

today Internet Evolution - MEMS technology
Zigzag nanowire regulates Brownian motion: Microfluidics is a nascent field that involves shifting picolitre quantities of liquids through micron-width channels. The ability to perform measurements on tiny quantities is useful to many researchers in chemistry, biology and medicine who have to ...

yesterday physicsworld.com - MEMS technology
I-Micronews - MEMS : NASA uses MicroStrain sensors to monitor ...: MEMS. Aug 29th, 2011. NASA uses MicroStrain sensors to monitor vibroacoustic shock. MicroStrain Inc. provided NASA Kennedy Space Center with the wireless sensor technology to remotely monitor lift off acoustics and vibration generated ...

today - MEMS technology
What's Cool About Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems or MEMS For ...: What's Cool About Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems or MEMS For Short?
2011-08-26 - MEMS technology
New Method Is Spot On: Reagent-containing droplets (blue and green) are used to extract dried blood spots (red) on a digital microfluidic device. Space Science: Rock particles show link with meteorites, solve weathering mysteries. Microfluidics: Droplet-based method could ...

yesterday Chemical & Engineering News - MEMS technology
Graphene's two-photon shuffle: In some cases, two photons combine together to initiate the absorption process — a phenomenon that offers unique advantages and which is used in a variety of technological applications from microfabrication to optical data storage. ...

today Nanowerk LLC - MEMS technology

MEMS business

I-Micronews - MEMS : Microvision announces new medical prototype...: MEMS. Aug 29th, 2011. Microvision announces new medical prototype. Microvision is proud to announce today that the ARTORG Center of Computer Aided Surgery at the University of Bern in Switzerland has created a new device that ...

today - MEMS business
IFTLE 64 Semicon 2011 TechXSpots on "beyond 40 nm" and "3D deep sub micron": Eric Beyne of IMEC addressed the integration challenges for 3D-TSV with advanced devices. He pointed out that the M1 metal layers "above" the TSV consist of very narrow, high aspect ratio lines which require very flat surfaces: low dishing of Cu TSV ...

today ElectroIQ (blog) - MEMS business
World's Smallest 3-Axis Gyroscope: The L3G3250A combines the same robust and field-proven micromachining technology that ST has already used to produce nearly 1.54 billion motion sensors with the Company's aggressive package-shrinking roadmap, making it the first 3-axis gyroscope to ...

today EFYTimes (press release) - MEMS business
MEMS Executive Congress Sponsorships are Hot! « MEMSblog: In its seventh year, MEMS Executive Congress is the executive conference that connects the MEMS supply chain with MEMS end-users. Through keynotes, panel discussions, and numerous networking opportunities, MEMS ...

MEMS Industry Group 2011-08-26 - MEMS business
Automotive MEMS sensor market to balloon in 2012 and beyond: By Isaac Leung on 29 August 2011 ACCORDING to IHS iSuppli Automotive MEMS market tracker, the automotive microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensor market will return to healthy growth in 2012. 2010 and 2011 were marked by instability, including the ...

yesterday Electronics News - MEMS business

Nanotechnology

New X-Ray Method a Nanoscale Boon: "Our technique should also allow us to probe the buried layers and interfaces that are ubiquitous in nanoscale devices, and are key to smaller logic elements in electronics, novel memory architectures in spintronics, and more efficient energy ...

today Lab Manager Laboratory News - Nanotechnology
Tiny wires change behavior at nanoscale - - Research Group ...: Rice University researchers surprised to see twin-induced brittle-like fractures in gold nanowires Thin gold wires often used in high-end electronic applications are wonderfully flexible as well as conductive. But those qualities ...

berser today - Nanotechnology
Concept Laboratories Launches Timed-Release Nanotechnology-Based Topical Pain ...: By Cameron Chai Concept Laboratories researchers have found that timed-release nanotechnology can enhance topical pain relievers. They have developed the first-of-its-kind timed-release topical pain relief products. Concept Laboratories' new brand, ...

today AZoNano.com - Nanotechnology
The use of smoldering nanoparticles in cancer nanotechnology: (Nanowerk News) The practical utility of magnetic materials was identified thousands of years ago when lodestones were first used in compasses to navigate the oceans. Today, magnetism forms the basis for many of the technologies we take for granted, ...

today Nanowerk LLC - Nanotechnology
Alberta researchers coax coal-eating bugs for clean fuel: While scientists around the world are studying methanogenesis, "we are the only lab that is doing this with nanotechnology. We expect to publish some interesting research from our work." With a variety of researchers in several fields, ...

today Calgary Herald - Nanotechnology

Nanotech business

Australians show big support for nanotechnology: (Nanowerk News) Australians are increasingly positive about nanotechnology, in particular its potential to improve our lives, according to a study ("Australian Community Attitudes Held about Nanotechnology - Trends ...

2011-08-26 - Nanotech business
University of Rochester opens multi-million dollar nanotechnology ...: University of Rochester opens multi-million dollar nanotechnology facility.
2011-08-27 - Nanotech business

Featured Event

µ5TAS 2011 continues a series of Conferences that are the premier forum for reporting research results in microfluidics, microfabrication, nanotechnology, integration, materials and surfaces, analysis and synthesis, and detection technologies for life science and chemistry. Registration opens June 1 at www.microtas2011.org.

Event Calendar

COMS 2011 2011-08-28 - 2011-08-31 Greensboro NC Commercialization of Micro - Nano Systems Visit MNX at this event.
Improving Performance of MEMS Designs Using Optical Characterization 2011-09-14 Webinar - 11:30 AM ET, 8:30 AM PT MEMS Education Series by MEMS Industry Group
BSAC Fall IAB Conference 2011-09-21 - 2011-09-23 University of CA, Berkeley Next 25 Years of MEMS - Come join us in Berkeley to Celebrate
Overview of Current State of MEMS Reliability and Test 2011-09-26 Webinar - 11:30 AM ET, 8:30 AM PT MEMS Education Series by MEMS Industry Group
MicroTAS 2011 2011-10-02 - 2011-10-06 Seattle, Washington The 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
SENSORS Tech Forum '11 Boston 2011-10-10 - 2011-10-12 Boston, MA NASA Tech Briefs Presents SENSORS Tech Forum
MEMS in Motion Collaboration Summit 2011-10-12 - 2011-10-13 Palm Springs, CA It's not who you know today. It's who you're going to need to know tomorrow.
MEMS Testing and Reliability Conference 2011-10-20 San Jose CA Increase yields, decrease waste and increase profitability for your company
MEMS Executive Congress 2011 2011-11-02 - 2011-11-03 Monterey, CA Connecting the MEMS supply chain with MEMS end-users Visit MNX at this event.
American Manufacturing Strategies Summit 2011 2011-11-07 - 2011-11-08 Chicago IL Network with 150 + senior level manufacturing professionals from many disciplines.
SPIE Photonics West 2012 2012-01-21 - 2012-01-26 San Francisco CA The world's leading photonics, laser, and biomedical optics conference
IEEE MEMS 2012 2012-01-29 - 2012-02-02 Paris, France Focus on Strategies for Reducing Time and Cost of MEMS Testing
MEMS Executive Congress 2012 2012-03-20 Zurich, Switzerland MEMS Industry Group event co-located with Smart Systems Integration
Hilton Head Workshop 2012 2012-06-03 - 2012-06-07 Hilton Head Island, SC A Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop